Forgotten Hands: The Erased Muggle Allies of the Wizarding Wars

Authored by Sawyer and Michelle – Summer 2025
Unofficial Submission to the Hogwarts Historical Research Program
A Jack Righteous Universe Artifact: In-World Fan Fiction Prototype

⚠️ Disclaimer:
This document is a work of immersive narrative fiction inspired by the Harry Potter universe. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by J.K. Rowling, Warner Bros., or any official entity. It serves as a character-driven artifact in the development of the Jack Righteous Universe and its choose-your-destiny storytelling system. All character references, magical theories, and memory-based interpretations are fictional within this framework.

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💬 Introduction

We grew up hearing stories about Hogwarts.

Even without wands in our hands, we followed the legends—Dumbledore, Potter, Black. We traced the footsteps of the Marauders. We cross-checked timelines. We debated the ethics of secrecy and memory.

And eventually, we started noticing what wasn’t there.

This paper began with a single question: In all the known histories of the First Wizarding War, why is there not a single recorded instance of a non-magical ally helping inside the school? Why is every act of courage attached to a wand?

What if someone helped… and was erased?

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🔍 What Inspired This Paper

There’s a quote Sirius Black is widely known for, often cited in Magical Ethics coursework:

“If you want to know what a man’s like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.”
— Sirius Black, early war era

That quote prompted us to ask: who did he mean?

Certainly not just house-elves or goblins. What about Squibs? Muggles? The helpers without spells?

In 2008, a quote surfaced in a private Muggle-born archive, attributed to Sirius Black, supposedly shared in confidence with Remus Lupin in their seventh year:

“Not everyone here casts spells, Moony… but some still fight. Some walk these halls unseen, and if they disappear — no one even knows they were here.”
— Attributed to Sirius Black, 1978
Community Archive Ref ID: 77SB-MOONY-RED

The quote has never been verified in Hogwarts’ official memory archives. But its sentiment felt too personal, too specific, to dismiss outright.

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🧩 Our Theory: Subject 77-Black

We believe that during the 1977–78 school year, a non-magical individual operated within Hogwarts under extraordinary circumstances — perhaps unofficially, perhaps in secret.

• A Squib with family connections to staff or students
• A covert courier trusted by the Order of the Phoenix
• A friend of the Marauders with underground access to passageways
• A quietly defiant presence during dark times

We refer to them as Subject 77-Black, in reference to the year and the attributed speaker.

While the school’s official records show nothing conclusive, we did uncover patterns: minor patrol incidents, unsolved corridor closures, fragments of student journals that suggest the presence of someone unaccounted for.

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🧠 Why This Matters

In a world where memories can be extracted, obscured, or sealed… forgetting isn’t always accidental.

The absence of Subject 77-Black from magical history is not a footnote. It’s a void — one that reveals how stories are shaped, edited, and chosen.

Arabella Figg remains the only officially recognized non-magical ally of either Wizarding War. But what if she wasn’t the only one?

What if the others didn’t survive long enough — or loudly enough — to be remembered?

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📎 Our Request

We don’t claim to have definitive proof. But we do have questions — and questions are where all good scholarship starts.

• A review of erased or corrupted memory strands from the 1977–78 archive
• An inquiry into unauthorized passage usage during that academic year
• An invitation for surviving staff or students to contribute undocumented memories

Even if we never discover Subject 77-Black’s name, their absence speaks volumes.

This paper is our way of remembering them — and of refusing to let silence have the last word.

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📘 Appendix A: Quote Log

“Not everyone here casts spells, Moony… but some still fight. Some walk these halls unseen, and if they disappear — no one even knows they were here.”
— Attributed to Sirius Black, 1978
Community Archive Ref ID: 77SB-MOONY-RED

• First appearance: Muggle magical history forums (2008)
• Source unverifiable; not found in official Hogwarts Pensieve registry
• Content aligns thematically with Sirius Black’s documented beliefs and relationships

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🎮 About This Document

This document serves as an in-universe artifact within The Vault of Forgotten Echoes, a narrative RPG prototype from the Jack Righteous Universe. The project explores questions of memory, ethics, and recognition through layered, story-driven gameplay.

By honoring what may have been forgotten, we hope to challenge the boundaries of official history — and rewrite what it means to be part of the fight.